120 Mr. A. H. Haliday on neiv British Insects. 



Atractodes cultellator, C. 538. 187. 



A. mandibulis pedibusque rufis, coxis posterioribus nigris ; abdo- 

 mine compresso longissimo, medio rufo piceo (pedibus posticis 

 vix breviore),/. Long. 3 lin. 



Holy wood. 

 Atractodes citator. 



A. capite thoraceque punctatis ; abdomine compresso, castaneo, 

 basi nigro ; femoribus anterioribus til)iisque testaceis, posticis 

 apice nigris,/. Long. 3 lin. 



Ireland. 

 Atractodes ? properator. 



A. abdomine testaceo, petiolo nigro; pedibus testaceis, coxis 

 posticis basi fuscis ; areola nulla, m.f. ; antennis subtus testa- 

 ceis, m. ; antennis tricoloribus, abdominis apice compresso, fe- 

 moribus tibiisque posticis breviusculis,/. Long. 2 J — 3£ lin. 



Var. — Coxis posticis totis pallide testaceis, f. 



England, F. "Walker. — Near Edinburgh, September. 



This species differs from all the former in many respects. 

 The spiracles are placed at the middle of the first abdominal 

 segment : — the anterior face of the tibiae is beset with minute 

 spines : — the proportions of the labial palpi are different, the 

 intermediate joints being very short and the last very long. 

 The antennae of the male are not crenulate in the middle. 

 The areolet is either totally wanting, or if faintly indicated, it 

 is triangular. Notwithstanding these and other differences I 

 have left it in this group for the present, as it differs yet more 

 widely from Ichneumon ; neither do I think it can with any 

 propriety be referred to Mesoleptus, and I know no other 

 group with which it is likely to be associated. 



Genus Lampronota. 



Abdomen subsessile laeve convexum, /. ; ventre apice fisso, valvula 

 ventrali obtusa, terebra exerta longa. Thorax gibbulo-cylindricus, 

 mesothoracis scuto bisulco, metathoracis spiraculis transversis. Ca- 

 put oblatum, clypeo transversim impresso. Antennae longse graciles, 

 articulo 3° praelongo, 5° et 6° in mare denticulatis. Pedes postici 

 elongati validi. Areola nulla. 



I have adopted the group as restricted by Mr. Stephens in 

 his synopsis of the genera. It has some resemblance to 

 Echthrus, but is perhaps more nearly allied to Acoenites ; I 

 have not a specimen of the latter genus to make the compa- 

 rison. 



